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Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (24 October 1895 – 15 November 1947) was a U.S. Navy aviator who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. Commander Wead was a recognized authority on early aviation.
Frank Wilber "Spig" Wead was a US Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. Before and after World War I he was an early proponent of pushing the Navy into air racing and speed competitions.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 17 (AP) -- Frank Wead of Los Angeles, naval aviator in the first World War, who became a film writer, died Saturday night in Santa Monica Hospital, which he entered Nov...
Frank Wilber "Spig" Wead was a US Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. Before and after World War I he was an early proponent of pushing the Navy into air racing and speed competitions.
Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead was a U.S. Navy aviator who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II. Commander Wead was a recognized authority on early aviation. Following a crippling spinal injury in 1926, Wead was placed on the retired list.
The Wings of Eagles: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond. A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.
Paralyzed after a freak household accident, Navy flyer Frank "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) in rehab with trainer "Jughead" (Dan Dailey), a famous sequence from director John Ford's tribute to Wead, The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (born October 24, 1895, in Peoria, Illinois – died November 15, 1947, in Santa Monica, California) was. a U.S. Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval. aviation from its inception through World War II.
Jan 5, 2012 · This is especially true if we consider how the careers of two pioneers of Hollywood and the U.S. Navy—director John Ford and screenwriter Frank W. “Spig” Wead became intertwined during the Golden Era of filmmaking and how Ford paid tribute to his friend and colleague in The Wings of Eagles (1957).
Frank Wilbur Wead was an American screenwriter active in film from 1929 to 1947. The basis for much of his writing came from his experience as a United States Navy pilot during World War I.
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